Qatar University Academic Calendar 2020/2021 End of summer vacation for faculty members and administrators Thursday 6 August 2020 Start of academic semester for faculty members and Sunday 9 August 2020 administrators (Fall 2020) First day of classes (Fall 2020) Sunday 16 August 2020 End of Add/Drop period (Fall 2020) Monday 24 August 2020 ** Last day to withdraw from a course (Fall 2020) Thursday 15 October 2020 ** Last day to withdraw from the semester (Fall 2020) Thursday 22 October 2020 Start of Early Registration (Winter & Spring 2021) Sunday 1 November 2020 Last day of classes (Fall 2020) Thursday 19 November 2020 ** Start of final exams (Fall 2020) Sunday 21 November 2020 ** End of final exams (Fall 2020) Thursday 10 December 2020 First day of classes (Winter 2021) Sunday 13 December 2020 End of Add/Drop period (Winter 2021) Tuesday 15 December 2020 Start of Mid-Academic Year Break Sunday 20 December 2020 End of Mid-Academic Year Break Thursday 31 December 2020 Start of academic semester for faculty members (Spring 2021) Sunday 3 January 2021 Start of final exams (Winter 2021) Wednesday 6 January 2021 Last day of classes and end of final exams (Winter 2021) Thursday 7 January 2021 First day of classes (Spring 2021) Sunday 10 January 2021 End of Add/drop period (Spring 2021) Thursday 14 January 2021 National Sport Day holiday Tuesday 9 February 2021 Last day to withdraw from a course (Spring 2021) Thursday 11 March 2021 ** Start of Mid-Spring vacation (Spring 2021) Sunday 14 March 2021 End of Mid-Spring vacation (Spring 2021) Thursday 18 March 2021 Last day to withdraw from the semester (Spring 2021) Thursday 25 March 2021 Start of Early Registration (Summer and Fall 2021) Sunday 4 April 2021 Last day of classes (Spring 2021) Thursday 15 April 2021 ** Start of final exams (Spring 2021) Sunday 18 April 2021 ** End of final exams (Spring 2021) Thursday 6 May 2021 Start of Eid Al-Fitr holiday Sunday 9 May 2021 End of Eid Al-Fitr holiday Tuesday 18 May 2021 First day of classes (Summer 2021) Sunday 23 May 2021 ** End of Add/Drop period (Summer 2021) Thursday 27 May 2021 ** ** Date has been updated. Qatar University Academic Calendar 2020/2021 Start of summer vacation for faculty members Sunday 30 May 2021 Start of summer vacation for administrators Sunday 6 June 2021 Start of final exams (Summer 2021) Tuesday 13 July 2021 ** End of final exams (Summer 2021) Thursday 15 July 2021 ** Last day of classes (Summer 2021) Thursday 15 July 2021 ** Start of Eid Al-Adha holiday Sunday 18 July 2021 End of Eid Al-Adha holiday Thursday 22 July 2021 End of summer vacation for faculty members and administrators Thursday 5 August 2021 Start of academic semester for faculty members and Sunday 8 August 2021 administrators (Fall 2021) First day of classes (Fall 2021) Sunday 15 August 2021 End of Add/Drop period (Fall 2021) Thursday 19 August 2021 ** Date has been updated. .